Watt, RG;
Mathur, MR;
Aida, J;
Bönecker, M;
Venturelli, R;
Gansky, SA;
(2018)
Oral Health Disparities in Children: A Canary in the Coalmine?
Pediatric Clinics of North America
, 65
(5)
pp. 965-979.
10.1016/j.pcl.2018.05.006.
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Abstract
Oral diseases in children remain a major global public health problem with significant negative impact on quality of life. However, oral diseases are largely preventable and now disproportionately affect more disadvantaged populations. Oral health disparities are caused by the broad conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age; the so-called social determinants. Dental treatment and clinical prevention alone will not eliminate oral health disparities, and may even widen inequalities. Instead a radical, multifaceted, integrated approach that addresses the underlying root cause of oral diseases in childhood is urgently required.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Oral Health Disparities in Children: A Canary in the Coalmine? |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pcl.2018.05.006 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2018.05.006 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Disparities, Health policy, Inequalities, Oral health, Social determinants |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059115 |
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